Stimulation of microtubule aster formation and spindle assembly by the small GTPase ran

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5418, 1999, Pages 1359-1362

  Wilde, Andrew ^a   Zheng, Yixian ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTROSOME; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DYNEIN ATPASE; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MALE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MICROTUBULES; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OVUM; RAN GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERM HEAD; TUBULIN; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ASTER;

EID: 0033591373     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5418.1359     Document Type: Article

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